Chris Taylor - Grizzly Bear (gear question)

moggieman · #1 09-04-2010, 12:28 PM

Can anyone identify the amp in this photo? I've seen him use this amp a lot but I could never find a clear enough photo. Is it a fender bassman?

http://thecalcutta.files.wordpress.c...6/dsc05931.jpg

Might as well throw this out there too, can anyone identify the year of the Ric he is playing? I know the newer mapleglo's have the white/brown headstock and not black.

billfitzmaurice · #2 09-04-2010, 12:31 PM

Looks like a Music Man logo on the amp. No surprise that it looks like a Fender, as Leo Fender founded Music Man.

moggieman · #3 09-04-2010, 12:33 PM

ahaaaaaaa. the logo kept throwing me off, but that makes sense now.

TheDialog · #4 09-04-2010, 03:42 PM

Bass year?

sunbeast · #5 09-04-2010, 09:44 PM

Yeah- definitely an old MM head. I had an HD-130 that was pretty killer. I believe there was also an HD-150, which was the highest powered of the old Music Man heads...they are very loud, fairly bright, and stay super clean unless you crank them pretty much all the way (and they didn't sound the best cranked high enough for distortion in my experience).